Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Competition and Consumer Protection Bill 2014: Committee Stage
2:50 pm
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The Deputy's wording makes it compulsory whereas what we have provided in the Bill will ensure the anonymity.
However, it cannot be an absolute imperative because it then ultimately takes from the enforcement in some circumstances. The amendment is probably unnecessary in that what is being attempted here is the best that can be done while respecting the constitutional legal system. The commission will seek to protect the identity of persons and to respect their views but I do not think members should be setting up a compulsion to so do within the legislation.
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